Just got my Cocktail Time from Seiya. The watch looks fabulous, and the leather strap isn't as stiff as I've read. Very happy with it... except for one thing. There appears to be a strand of white hair or something between the 1 and 2 o'clock markers. Its not visible under normal lighting, but shine a bright light from the side and it becomes visible. Damn. What do you guys think, just accept it or send it back? Dunno how much shipping will cost...


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When you say yours had an indentation, was it an SARB065? Asking because Thongsia does not carry the model since its made for Japan only. Not sure if they would entertain a request to do it.

I've squinted at it for some time now, and I don't think it's a loose particle. It looks more like a scratch or indentation from behind the dial.

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Ok thanks. I'll check with Seiya as well as the cost to ship there. Did you take it to the Thongsia HQ in central plaza KL?

The SARB017 looks pretty great too.

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I took it to Thong Sia, bad luck its not a piece of fiber but a scratch. Have to send it back to Japan I guess. Isnit safe to send through pos Malaysia with tracking?

Actually I also noticed a very very very slight dent above the date window too. I guess this is the usual defect you hear for this model. But the dent on mine is really minor and I can live with it. The scratch... not so much.

What a pain in the ass.

6R15C. The dent is really small though, maybe the 6R15B had the larger dent.

Thanks guys. I was looking at DHL and the cost was RM 100 plus RM 45 if I wanted insurance. Hopefully Pos Laju or GDex is cheaper. Would like to insure just in case.

Guys, I just checked the gdex website and the price quoted for a 0.5kg shipment to Japan is RM 240! DHL is only RM 100 in comparison.

Not sure how much Pos Laju is. May drop into one tomorrow to find out

Just received the replacement Cocktail Time yesterday. No scratch on the dial. But with very close scrutiny there is actually a blue dot beneath the 'i' in the 'SEIKO' word. I just don't have luck. But its a really really minor dot, barely noticeable under a magnifying glass so I'm content

What I'm a little frustrated with is that the replacement seems to have worse accuracy. The previous one was losing 2-3 seconds a day, this one has gained 10 seconds in a day. Hopefully it calms down. Do watches calm down after some time? Or does it just stay that way right out of the box.

Oh I got Seiya to throw in a free spring bar fool. It costs USD12 on his site. No idea why such a simple tool costs that much.

Guys, thinking of getting a brown leather strap for my Seiko Cocktail Time. Any good sites to recommend for leather straps? I'm not looking for something fancy or expensive. Something around RM 50-150 will do.

Most sites carry straps way above this price. I looked at Hirch, they some for around USD30 which is still OK, but adding in shipping and the cost goes up. Any sites that ship from nearby countries or that have lower shopping charges?

Just want to dress the watch down a bit, and a brown strap should do that. No NATO straps for this. Pairs well if I wear brown shoes too.

Haha... I heard about that before. You wear it mostly face up during the day and put it face down during sleep so the gain and loss offset each other. Somehow it didn't work for my SKX007 when I tried it for 2-3 days. It was still losing 7-8 seconds per day, the same as before.

Hah, too used to shopping online now, forgot watch stores here probably carry straps too.

Shell cordovan? I'd rather get a pair of shoes in that first before a watch strap!

I dropped my SKX007 and now it's runs 5 mins slow per day. Is there somewhere I can take to fix it hopefully?

What do you recommend though?

Oh well, I'm off to HK for 3 months next Friday. Don't think I'll have time to fix it before then.

I have a 6.25" wrist. It looks okay on my wrist. Although the case is 42.5mm (iirc), the dial is smaller so the watch wears small. Plus the lugs are quite short which help. You can try one on in a watch shop, the skx007 is very common.